A few years ago, Alex Blumberg, a producer at the public radio show ?This American Life,? asked: ?Why are they lending money to people who can?t afford to pay it back??

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A prominent Malaysian blogger was charged Tuesday with sedition for allegedly implying the deputy prime minister was involved in the sensational killing of a young Mongolian woman.

A roundup of opinion and information from local blogs• Read previous weeks.• Subscribe to the feed (Atom).This (very) extended edition of Blog 5 samples some of the comments Northeast Ohio bloggers are making about the presidential election. Reflectin

Just what is the influence, positive or negative, of the Taxpayers’ Alliance? Ross Clark has a crack at registering the campaign body’s impact on public discussion over at the Spectator.

Silly name, but predictably intriguing, Predictify has made its way onto several major newspapers' and blogs' radar, and now onto their webpages. Washingtonpost.com is the latest to partner with the crowd-sourcing prediction platform, joining up with th